Comments on: Waste in the Corporate World http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/ My Life Online Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Abby http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3511 Abby Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:05:32 +0000 http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3511 Its all maddening. Books and magazines could be donated to ICU waiting rooms or hospice where families (having gone through both situations) need something to read or do. It wouldn't have to be acknowledged what they were, just that they were there. And then, yes, a tax write off! We take our used mags and drop them off at both places. I bet if the companies REALLY cared, they could figure something out. Someone needs to alert Oprah, or something. I am sure she would be able to persuade someone to do some changing. (Not a big fan, just well aware of her power...) Its all maddening. Books and magazines could be donated to ICU waiting rooms or hospice where families (having gone through both situations) need something to read or do. It wouldn’t have to be acknowledged what they were, just that they were there. And then, yes, a tax write off! We take our used mags and drop them off at both places.
I bet if the companies REALLY cared, they could figure something out. Someone needs to alert Oprah, or something. I am sure she would be able to persuade someone to do some changing. (Not a big fan, just well aware of her power…)

]]> By: anony-mouse http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3496 anony-mouse Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:11:02 +0000 http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3496 Bookstores and (some) shoe stores have similar policies. We wore shoes with hot glued slashes through them all the time while growing up. My mother found them in the dumpster behind Payless and hot glued the damage. Barnes and Noble has to tear paperback covers off and cut magazines in half. No discounting, no clearance. When I worked there we could take the coverless paperbacks home. The thing that always amazed me though was we'd get non salable preview "editor's copy" books for free all the time. Those are super salable on ebay and amazon. Students have created programs to move non usable cafeteria food to the shelters, surely the big chain diners can too. It's a tax write off for goodness sake! Bookstores and (some) shoe stores have similar policies. We wore shoes with hot glued slashes through them all the time while growing up. My mother found them in the dumpster behind Payless and hot glued the damage.

Barnes and Noble has to tear paperback covers off and cut magazines in half. No discounting, no clearance. When I worked there we could take the coverless paperbacks home. The thing that always amazed me though was we’d get non salable preview “editor’s copy” books for free all the time. Those are super salable on ebay and amazon.

Students have created programs to move non usable cafeteria food to the shelters, surely the big chain diners can too. It’s a tax write off for goodness sake!

]]> By: sarahtar http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3486 sarahtar Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:54:28 +0000 http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3486 I'm not sure why trim is treated differently from Fabric. Fabric is NEVER thrown away, even if damaged. Trim, I'm not sure if it's because it's worth so little financially (whereas fabric is quite expensive even wholesale), or what the deal is. The patterns...it's not just Joann, it's the pattern companies, and I don't know why they won't allow clearance. It's the same thing with magazines that are out of date. They are destroyed. Not given away. Not sold at a discount. Destroyed. It's the publishing companies' policies. grrrrr. I’m not sure why trim is treated differently from Fabric. Fabric is NEVER thrown away, even if damaged. Trim, I’m not sure if it’s because it’s worth so little financially (whereas fabric is quite expensive even wholesale), or what the deal is.

The patterns…it’s not just Joann, it’s the pattern companies, and I don’t know why they won’t allow clearance. It’s the same thing with magazines that are out of date. They are destroyed. Not given away. Not sold at a discount. Destroyed. It’s the publishing companies’ policies. grrrrr.

]]> By: Abby http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3484 Abby Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:23:11 +0000 http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3484 It is pretty sick. The auto shop where my husband works is actually very good about this sort of thing. They set the old tires out behind the shop, and anyone can come in and take their luck with those with some life left. They also have managed to find a guy who burns old engine oil for fuel, and thus saves it for him. They figure if you are willing to try it or take that risk, then it is your perogative (sp?). It would anger me about the patterns and such. I have been in JoAnn's and they offered me the last bit of cloth on a bolt when there wasn't much left, for a discounted price, which I almost always say yes to, because, well, my sewing skills stink and a little extra never hurts anything. Why wouldn't ribbon be any different? Walmart sells the bits as remnants for discounted prices. I sift through their bins frequently. And I would I think that they could sell discontinued patterns in the same manner as they sell remnants-just mark them down drastically. I would look through them. I am notorious for searching through the old patterns at thrift stores-that can't be that different. It is pretty sick. The auto shop where my husband works is actually very good about this sort of thing. They set the old tires out behind the shop, and anyone can come in and take their luck with those with some life left. They also have managed to find a guy who burns old engine oil for fuel, and thus saves it for him. They figure if you are willing to try it or take that risk, then it is your perogative (sp?). It would anger me about the patterns and such. I have been in JoAnn’s and they offered me the last bit of cloth on a bolt when there wasn’t much left, for a discounted price, which I almost always say yes to, because, well, my sewing skills stink and a little extra never hurts anything. Why wouldn’t ribbon be any different? Walmart sells the bits as remnants for discounted prices. I sift through their bins frequently. And I would I think that they could sell discontinued patterns in the same manner as they sell remnants-just mark them down drastically. I would look through them. I am notorious for searching through the old patterns at thrift stores-that can’t be that different.

]]> By: Christina http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3468 Christina Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:49:59 +0000 http://theviewfromhere.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/waste-in-the-corporate-world/#comment-3468 I totally understand whereyou ae at with this one, Sarah. My first job was McDonald's and for four long years of working there, it pained me to watch so much food get thrown away. Back in those 'old days' McDonald's sandwiches were prepared and had a holding time of 10 minutes, after that you were supposed to toss it. To their credit, they have reduced that excessive waste with their new methods of preparation and they do a lot of good charity work, so I pray somehow that balances out. I totally understand whereyou ae at with this one, Sarah. My first job was McDonald’s and for four long years of working there, it pained me to watch so much food get thrown away. Back in those ‘old days’ McDonald’s sandwiches were prepared and had a holding time of 10 minutes, after that you were supposed to toss it. To their credit, they have reduced that excessive waste with their new methods of preparation and they do a lot of good charity work, so I pray somehow that balances out.

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